Chapter 353 The upcoming feast
After General Ike signed the agreement, he withdrew from the Principality of Prussia with satisfaction. Three days after General Ike withdrew, Francis on the other side successfully signed the contract.
Similarly, the Vetina family inevitably signed the state edict. No matter how unwilling the Saxons were, they could not make Francis give in to this matter.
In addition, the Vetina family will pay war reparations of up to 25 million Kielder gold coins for this war, and the first payment will also be 5 million Kielder gold coins. This is not a count of interest. If the interest accumulated every year is included, the final amount will exceed 30 million Kielder gold coins.
Judging from the amount alone, the funds are much higher than that of the Hohenzollern family, but the compensation period has been extended to fifty years. If this calculation is made, the price the Vetina family has to pay is less than that of the Hohenzollern family every year.
Moreover, such compensation often changes over time. There are too many things that can happen in fifty years. If the situation between the Vetina family and the Habsburg family changes after a period of time, whether the Vetina family will still abide by the contract at that time is an unknown number.
In addition, the Vetina family did not cede the territory, but only gave the same unspoken conditions as trading rights. Francis finally accepted such conditions and rushed to Vienna with the signed contract.
When the two of them compare, the gap immediately emerges. The contract signed by Francis is too heavy, which is really disappointing for the promotion of the Habsburg family.
However, he was the heir to the Wittelsbach family after all. Considering the relationship between major families, Charles VI would not pursue too much about this matter.
After the contract was signed, the two armies rushed back to Vienna and then scattered directly and retreated along the road they came.
These reinforcements who came to support Emperor Charles VI only left the formalities and did not have any substantial battles. Of course, in order to obtain the greatest benefit, such a formalities must go.
The army was scattered back, but most of the leading nobles stayed. This was because Charles VI announced that a grand celebration party would be held in the palace a month later to celebrate this great victory.
And on May 16th a month later, it happened to be the 18-year-old coming-of-age ceremony for Maria to work. Two banquets will be held at the same time. Charles VI has decided to make this banquet an unprecedented and extremely grand banquet in history.
For this reason, Charles VI even proposed that a major news would be announced to the nobles across the country, which would be related to the inheritance of the imperial throne.
When he heard this, the nobles across the country naturally felt strong curiosity, and began to speculate on the mysterious news mentioned by Charles VI.
Some people say that Charles VI wants to pass the throne to Princess Maria as soon as possible, some people say that there are actually other people in the throne, and some even speculate that it may be to announce Princess Maria's marriage partner.
The more speculations, the less the nobles became clear about the truth, and all kinds of news were available, which aroused stronger curiosity.
In the end, the nobles from all over the Holy Roman Empire began to gather towards Vienna, and even the Hohenzollern and the Prussian families who had just lost the battle also sent their own representatives.
Speaking of which, the representatives of these two big families are Eugen's old acquaintances. The Vetina family sent out the sister of Duke Billon, Ms. Tracia, and the Hohenzollern family sent out the Keilos. Although Eugen and Keilos had never had a head-on contact, they had a secret confrontation.
Of course, this kind of confrontation is mainly based on Eugen's calculation of Keiros.
Since the defeat of Vienna, Keiros has disappeared for a while, and even the negotiations with General Ike have not appeared.
However, as a loser, he actually wanted to attend the celebration banquet in Habsburg in person, and he didn't know where to go.
Vienna naturally refused these people, and Charles VI still had such a demeanor, and he was still the winner, so he had no psychological burden.
In order for the successful holding of this banquet, all the war compensation received from the two major families were directly taken out by Charles VI for arrangement.
Starting a month ago, Vienna City began to prepare. Every family in the city received gold coins from Charles VI. In accordance with Charles VI's request, they began to clean up the surrounding sanitation and decorate their own houses.
With the palace as the center, it radiates outward until the area ten kilometers outside the Vienna city walls were all arranged.
All the dirty and messy places were cleaned, and all the garbage was poured into the Danube River. The streets were filled with all kinds of flowers, and the stone pavement was cleaned and tidy.
The road leading from the surrounding city gates to the palace is covered with red carpets and is maintained by a dedicated person.
The ingredients prepared for the banquet were carefully prepared, and some were specially transported from distant food resorts everywhere, just to create the highest level of delicacies.
At the same time, Charles VI even conveyed messages to neighboring countries through the Holy Roman Emperor in the name of the Holy Roman Empire, asking them to send people to watch the ceremony.
Several major countries such as the French Empire and the British Empire were also invited, and these countries also had the decent attitude of being a big country, so they naturally sent envoys to participate.
This banquet in Vienna has gradually become a grand event in Europe, and it is destined to attract everyone's attention in the next month.
After the Pohe defense line returned to stability, Eugen returned to Lebir City. Of course, he would not be absent from this grand event.
And Eugen had already figured out how to participate in this grand event.
During the period when Eugen was not in Lebour City, Lebour City also maintained good operation. There were two more large production sites like the First Steel Plant, and the equipment in it had undergone several innovations, and the production capacity had reached an unprecedented standard.
It is no exaggeration to say that the current production capacity of Lebir City is comparable to the major arsenals in various countries during World War I.
At the same time, the work of the First Institute has never stopped. With the help of Eugen's previous guidance, the First Institute's research direction has been continuously expanded, and the results have emerged one after another as explosions.
In terms of military terms, gunpowder has been transformed and has been divided into more than a dozen categories and can be applied to many different situations.
Chapter completed!